Session visible at full brightness on resume before lockscreen

Bug #1523288 reported by Michał Sawicz
266
This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
unity (Ubuntu)
Triaged
High
Unassigned
Nominated for Xenial by Alberto Salvia Novella

Bug Description

This seems to be a comeback of bug #1375271, with the added issue of full screen brightness before showing the lock screen.

Apart from the fact it's a security issue (the session is visible for a good few seconds), the full-brightness is quite nasty in low light conditions.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: unity 7.4.0+16.04.20151102-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-19.23-generic 4.2.6
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Dec 6 22:17:59 2015
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2015-10-28 (39 days ago)

Revision history for this message
Michał Sawicz (saviq) wrote :
summary: - Session visible at full brightness on resume
+ Session visible at full brightness on resume before lockscreen
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
information type: Public → Public Security
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
Revision history for this message
Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) wrote :

We will treat this report for the security issue. Please open a new report for the brightness.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)
no longer affects: unity
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